Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   171683
Province:   Western Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1424DD
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Daniel Nampaka
Date of record:   2019-08-04
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:24:44
Sp. code:   3660
Species name:   Dalophia pistillum
Common name:   Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard
Family:   Amphisbaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-171683
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The blunt tail is obscured, but the high body annulus count rules out any Monopeltis sp., and the caudal annuli number and pattern rule out the other Dalophia spp. Great record!
Date:   2019-09-22 12:43:30
Species name:   Dalophia pistillum -- Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard
Species code:   3660

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